Individual Details
Genevieve Clara Smith
(17 Jan 1903 - 15 Dec 1975)
From book, Clason. Abigail Ferris & James Clason Their Ancestry & Descendents by Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April, 1987, Page 100: Waterloo Daily Courier, Tues., Dec. 16, 1975: Services for Mrs. Genevieve Smith Lenius, 72, of 146 Sherman Ave., will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Parrott & Wood Chapel where friends may call after 7 p.m. Thursday. Mrs. Lenius died Monday night at the Allen Hospital of cancer. She was born in Waterloo, Iowa Jan. 17, 1903 daughter of William and Clara Brisco Smith. She married Clarence N. Morehouse Jan. 18, 1921. They were later divorced. Survivors include a son Roy S. Morehouse of Yermo, Cal.; 2 daughter Mrs. Jane Linhart of Hayward Cal., and Mrs. Fay Medhaug of 1236 Pleasant Valley Dr.; 3 brothers, William Smith of 1414 W. 5th St.; Harry Smith of Hampton, Iowa; Howard Smith of 1101 Short St.; 3 sisters, Miss May Smith of Long Beach, Cal., Mrs. Ema Harrington of Oelwein and Ila Jeanne Shepherd of Antioch, Cal. and her mother Mrs. Clara Smith of Long Beach, Cal.
Events
| Birth | 17 Jan 1903 | Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa |  | ||
| Marriage | 18 Jan 1921 | Divorced, Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa - Clarence Nathaniel Morehouse | | ||
| Divorce | 25 Apr 1935 | Iowa - Clarence Nathaniel Morehouse | | ||
| Death | 15 Dec 1975 | Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa | | ||
| Burial | Elmwood Cemetery, Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa | |
Families
| Spouse | Clarence Nathaniel Morehouse (1891 - 1969) |
| Child | William Clarence Morehouse (1921 - 1971) |
| Child | Roy Smith Morehouse (1923 - 2000) |
| Child | Mintie "Jane" Morehouse (1925 - 2014) |
| Child | Fay Genevieve Morehouse (1930 - 2001) |
| Spouse | Henry E. Lenius (1895 - 1959) |
| Father | William Ara Smith (1875 - 1943) |
| Mother | Clara Daisy Brisco (1884 - 1982) |
| Sibling | Henry Smith (1901 - 1901) |
| Sibling | William Carley Smith (1904 - 1994) |
| Sibling | May Blossom Smith (1905 - 1992) |
| Sibling | Ema Ida Smith (1908 - 1999) |
| Sibling | Harry Raymond Smith (1911 - 1984) |
| Sibling | Howard Ara Smith (1914 - 1997) |
| Sibling | Ila Jeanne Smith (1925 - ) |
Endnotes
1. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987.
2. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987.
3. Parallel-Column Edition, The Holy Bible, Smith Family Bible (n.p: Copyright July 1st 1886, Giffen Bros., Rockford Publishing Co., Rockford, Ill., n.d).
4. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987.
5. Verbal from Ila Jeanne Smith Shepherd Bauer.